Super Smash Bros. Dog Names

Introduction

A crossover title that features all of Nintendo's biggest mascots, the Super Smash Bros. series is a four player fighting game series whose main feature is pitting the likes of Mario, Pikachu, Link, and Kirby against each other in over-the-top, nail bitingly intense battles. Created by the now revered game designer Masahiro Sakurai, the first installment of the Super Smash Bros. series was released in Japan on January 21st, 1999 on the Nintendo 64. Said first installment, simply titled Super Smash Bros. became a critical and financial success, prompting Nintendo to give Sakurai the green light for any potential sequels. Sakurai seized that opportunity as has made a new installment for the Super Smash Bros. franchise to coincide with each of Nintendo's new gaming systems ever since. Being a gaming franchise whose main selling point is pitting as many of Nintendo's most popular characters together as possible, dog lovers who are also fans of the Super Smash Bros. series will have a plethora of names to choose from, many of which will come straight from another Nintendo franchise like Super Mario, Pokemon, Metroid, or The Legend of Zelda.

Super Smash Bros. Dog Names In Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog With A Super Smash Bros. Name

Lucario

Hailing from the Fourth Generation of the Pokemon franchise of turn-based role playing games, Lucario is essentially what would happen if your canine companion somehow learned how to walk upright, started practicing karate, and gained the ability to speak to you using its mind. Lucario made its first appearance in the third installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii where it used dazzling strikes and its signature ability to channel latent spiritual energy in the form of its "aura" attacks to leave a big paw print in the Smash Bros. community.

Due to its ability to use martial arts moves and use telepathy to hold full-on conversations with you, Lucario may not seem to have a whole lot in common with more conventional canine creatures. But you can rest assured that despite Lucario's drastically different appearance, they still retain those most venerable of traits Canophiles have come to know and love; Lucario is known to be fiercely loyal Pokemon who trains relentlessly in order to hone its unique abilities and better protect its master. While Lucario doesn't really get to display its devout nature too much in the Super Smash Bros. series, the depth of the Aura Pokemon's fealty to its owner was exhibited to great effect in its animated film debut Lucario and The Mystery of Mew.

Ever since its 2006 Japanese debut in the co-released Pokemon Diamond and Pearl games, Lucario has enjoyed its status as a major fan favorite of dog lovers and Pokemon fanatics alike. Being a jackal-like, canine Pokemon with supernatural, spiritual qualities, Lucario is occasionally compared to the Egyptian God of Embalming and Death, Anubis; both Lucario and Anubis are jackal-headed bipeds who exhibit human traits and both of them have abilities linked with peoples' life forces or life energies. All things considered, that inspiration is undoubtedly one of the most prevalent in Lucario's personality and design, but it's still a matter of interpretation as far figuring which real world breeds have influenced the Aura Pokemon's creation.

Most Pokemon fans are quick to point out the similarities Lucario shares with Jackals, with the Anubis link serving as their major source of support, but other Pokemon fans have posited that Lucario could also have been created to act as a play on words to Boxer dog breeds, due to Lucario's ability to use Egyptian Boxing techniques in its move-set. No matter the inspiration for the Aura Pokemon's design, Lucario is still loved by many Smash Bros. players and Pokemon fans worldwide and its name will provide your pooch with an exotic and meaningful alias that other Smash Bros. and Pokemon fans will instantly recognize.

Super Smash Bros. Dog Name Considerations

Most of the fighters present in the Super Smash Bros. series are characters from other Nintendo franchises, so many canophilic gamers will likely pick a name for their dogs based off of which series they tend to fancy more than the others; did you grow up loving Nintendo's venerated, high fantasy action-adventure The Legend of Zelda series? Well Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf have been recurring characters through the Super Smash Bros. series, so you're in luck! Maybe you're more of a Pokemon fan who can recite all of the lyrics to the PokeRap without fail. Pokemon fans will be delighted to not only see Pikachu as a mainstay in the Super Smash Bros. series but to also see many other well known Pokemon make cameo appearances due to Pokeballs being regular items players can use in battle. Each of the characters in the Super Smash Bros. games come from respective gaming franchises that have hundreds, if not thousands, of characters that Nintendo fans have become accustomed to over the years, which means that there are potentially just as many naming possibilities for cynophilic gamers to pool from in terms of giving their pets a memorable and distinct name that also represents their favorite Super Smash Bros. characters and Nintendo franchises. Even original characters like Master Hand, Crazy Hand, or Taboo could also give dog loving Nintendo fans even more naming options to take into consideration.

Male Super Smash Bros. Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
8	Bowser Mario's arch enemy made his first debut in Smash series by way of the franchise' second release, Super Smash Bros. Melee
7	Ness The main character of Nintendo's cut classic Earthbound series, Ness has held his own in the Smash Bros. franchise with his extra sensory powers and signature baseball bat
5	Olimar The space faring Captain Olimar fought alongside his army of Pikmin in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
5	Popo The masculine half of the Ice Climbers duo, Popo fights in tandem with his sister Nana to break the ice in the Smash Bros. series
5	Kirby Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai's first creation, the lovable pink puff of toughness has been a main stay in the Smash Bros. series since the first game
5	Link A reference to the silent protagonist of the Legend of Zelda franchise, Link is often confused for Zelda by the less inclined but the green hat and tunic wearing swordsman has fought in the Smash Bros. series since the first game
5	Fox A reference to Fox McCloud, star of the Star Fox series whose lightning fast kicks and blistering combos have made him a fan favorite of Smash Bros. players since the first game
5	Masahiro A reference to the Smash Bros. series lead designer, Masahiro Sakurai has committed his body and soul into making the Smash games as great as possible
4	Lucas Another young child with ESP based powers, Lucas' abilities were derived from Ness' but they also had a signature flair to them
4	Mario The star of the Super Mario franchise and one of the eponymous Smash Bros. Mario is considered one of gaming's biggest icons and one of Nintendo's most well known mascots
4	Pit Pit made his heavenly debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the third installment in the Smash Bros. series
3	Pikachu One of Pokemon's most instantly recognizable creatures, Pikachu has been gracing the Smash Bros. battlefield since the series' first installment
3	Pac-Man That's right, the notorious ghost chasing, pellet eating game icon made a guest appearance in Smash Wii U since it was developed by Pac-Man's creators, Namco
3	Shulk A guest character from the Xenoblade series of RPGs who made his Smash Debut in Smash Wii U
3	Wario Mario's greedy and self-centered counterpart made a flatulent debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where he used a big bag of dirty tricks to get the upper hand on his foes
3	Onix The Stone Dragon Pokemon made its debut in the first installment of the Super Smash Bros. series as an assist type character that had to be released from its Pokeball
3	DK The initials of Donkey Kong, Nintendo's tie wearing great ape whose power blows and "Giant Punch" signature move have made him a heavy weight in the Smash Bros. series
3	Lucario The preeminent dog character of the Smash Bros. series, Lucario uses its special powers and martial arts to hold its own in battle
2	Watch A reference to Mr. Game & Watch, one of Nintendo's older characters who was revived in the Melee in order to give gamers a blast from the past
1	Mac The player character from Mike Tyson's Punchout entered the ring in the fourth installment of the Smash Bros. series, often referred to as Smash Wii U
1	Entei A mythical Pokemon who first debuted in the Smash Bros. series when he was released from Pokeball, allowing him to fire a pillar of flames towards the sky
1	Yoshi Mario's green dinosaur-esque companion, Yoshi made his Smash debut in the first game as well, where he used an unorthodox fighting style to give the likes of Mario and Link and run for their money
0	Sonic Sonic the Hedgehog has also appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series, where his blazing speed has made the other fighters just seem too slow
-1	Marth A regal character from Nintendo's Fire Emblem series, Marth's swordsmanship is nearly unparalleled and has helped him reign supreme as one of the Smash series' best characters
-1	Falco One of Fox McCloud's closest friends, Falco's heavier hits and combo potential made him a top tier character in Super Smash Bros. Melee
-1	Captain A reference to Captain Falcon, the futuristic F-Zero driver whose speedy attacks mimic channel the spellbinding speed of the car he drives in, the Blue Falcon
-1	Lugia One of the oldest and most well known Legendary Pokemon made its Smash Bros debut in the Melee as well, alongside many other Legendary flying type Pokemon
-2	Roy Another prince from the Fire Emblem series, Roy's move-set is very similar to Marth's and the two are even first encountered at the same time in Super Smash Bros. Melee
-2	Junior A reference to Bowser's son, Bowser Jr. who rode into battle alongside his many siblings, the Koopalings
-2	Luigi Mario's younger brother who made his Smash Bros. debut as an unlockable character in the first installment of the series, Luigi's seemingly ineffective attacks actually mask his powerful KO potential

Female Super Smash Bros. Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
7	Madeline The human alias of the Mother Brain, one of Samus' arch enemies and an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. 4
7	Zelda The leading lady of the Legend of Zelda series, the princess of Hyrule made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. series in Melee
6	Michiko Masahiro Sakuari's wife whose worked on the graphical interface of many games within the Smash Bros. series
5	Lyn A nomadic blade master who can cut through foes in the blink of an eye, Lyn is a Fire Emblem character who made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. Series as a Brawl assist trophy
5	Virdi The Goddess of Nature in the Kid Icarus franchise, Virdi made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. games in Smash 4
5	Meloetta A singing Pokemon whose melodies can be weaponized once she's released from her Pokeball in Smash 4
5	Samus Derived from Samus Aran, the main protagonist of the Metroid Series and Smash Bros. fighter since the series' first installment
4	Koume Kotake's sister who uses fire to try and scorch opponents in contrast to her sister's frosty abilities
4	Bayonetta A guest character with the ability to alter time who made her Smash Bros. debut in Smash 4
4	Phosphora One of Pit's allies who shocks and awes opponents with electrifying attacks once summoned as an assist trophy in Smash 4
4	Isabelle A Shih Tzu who helps Smash 4 players by tossing out consumable items with healing properties once she's summoned
4	Peach Taken from Princess Peach, the first lady of the Super Mario franchise who made her Smash Bros. debut in Melee
4	Nana Popo's sister and the other half of the devastating Ice Climbers duo, Nana made her first appearance n Smash Bros. series alongside her brother in Melee
3	Midna Link's benign benefactor from their Twilight Princess game, Midna uses her prehensile hair to grab opponents and send them flying in Smash 4
3	Ashley An adolescent witch who hails from the Wario Ware series and who made a cameo appearance in Smash 4 as an assist trophy
2	Celebi Named after the the Time Travelling legendary forest sprite Pokemon of the same name, Celebi made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Melee
2	Rosalina This space faring princess hails from Super Mario Galaxy and she made her first appearance as a playable combatant in Super Smash Bros. Wii U
2	Ana Kat's younger sister who, along with her sibling, hails from the Wario Ware series of spin-off mini games
2	Kat An aspiring ninja who appeared as an assist trophy alongside her twin sister Ana in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2	Gardevoir The Embrace Pokemon, Gardevoir has been reflecting projectiles with style and poise since Super Smash Bros. Brawl
1	Kotake An ice witch who menaced Link in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time , Kotake made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. series in Smash 4 alongside her sister
1	Jill A young, Robin Hood-esque bandit who made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. series as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
1	Sheik Princess Zelda's covert alter ego who served as a transformation state for Zelda until Smash Wii U, where she was given her own slot as a singular character
-1	Giratina A spectral dragon type Pokemon, Giratina uses powerful gusts of wind to blow opponents away
-1	Palutena The Goddess whom Pit faithfully serves, Palutena made her big debut as a playable fighter in Smash Bros. Wii U
-1	Chansey Named after the egg bearing Pokemon who made her Smash Bros. debut in Super Smash Bros. 64 as a Pokeball assist
-2	Lucina One of Marth's descendants and an excellent blade master in her own right, Lucina made her first appearance in the Smash Bros. series in Smash Wii U (also known as Smash 4)
-2	Eevee A fox-like Pokemon whose known for its ability to evolve into many different forms, Eevee made her debut in Smash 4 as a Pokeball assist
-3	Cresselia The Crescent Moon Pokemon made her debut in the Smash Bros. franchise as a stage hazard in Brawl
-3	Manaphy The Seafaring Pokemon made her debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where she'd body swap two fighters once released from her Pokeball